Rate My Professor Md. Zahurul Haq

Dr. Md. Zahurul Haq serves as Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He obtained his B.Sc. Engg. in Mechanical Engineering from BUET in 1993, M.Sc. Engg. in Mechanical Engineering from BUET in 1995, and Ph.D. from the University of Leeds, UK, in 1998. His research specializations encompass thermodynamics, energy conversion, conservation and optimization, thermal system design, combustion and engines, mechatronics, robotics and control systems, and refrigeration and air conditioning. Throughout his career at BUET since 2004 as Professor, he has held significant administrative roles including Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering from February 2014 to February 2016, Director of the Centre for Energy Studies from February 2012 to August 2014, Provost of Titumir Hall from September 2006 to April 2010, and System Analyst at the Computer Centre from November 2003 to November 2005.

Dr. Haq has received awards such as the PANASONIC Award at the Asia-Pacific Robot Contest Robocon 2005 in Beijing, China, the Commonwealth Scholarship for his Ph.D. studies from 1995 to 1998, financial incentives for high-impact publications in 2022 and 2023, and a Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing from the journal Energy in 2018. He edited two books: Advanced Topics in Measurements and Applied Measurement Systems, both published by IntechOpen in 2012. Key publications include Laminar burning velocity and Markstein lengths of methane-air mixtures (Combustion and Flame, 2000), Turbulent burning velocity, burned gas distribution, and associated flame surface definition (Combustion and Flame, 2003), Correlations for the Onset of Instabilities of Spherical Laminar Premixed Flames (Journal of Heat Transfer, 2005), Thermodynamic analysis and optimisation of a novel transcritical CO2 cycle (Energy Conversion and Management, 2022), and Multi-Objective Optimization of a Novel Supercritical CO2 Cycle for Waste Heat Recovery From a Gas Engine’s Flue Gas (Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 2026). He contributes to national and international committees, including the Energy Management Advisory Committee and Technical Advisory Committee under SREDA, Technical Advisory Committee for Sustainable Finance at Bangladesh Bank, Board of Directors of Bangladesh Diesel Plant Ltd., and ISO PC-248/WG-3. Dr. Haq teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses such as Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer Equipment Design, Instrumentation and Measurement, Advanced Thermodynamics, Combustion Engineering, and Advanced Mechatronics, and has supervised M.Sc. theses on exergy analysis, optimization of energy systems, and HVAC design. He has delivered keynote presentations on energy auditing, efficiency, and conservation.